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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

Robert s. Robertson. the would-oe
Lieutenant Governor. through his sttor-
news. Harrison. Miller 4 Elam COM
menccd suit IN the Superior Court yes
ierday against Hon. Alonzo q. Smith.
President Of the s. nate. aud his bonds-
men. John J. Cooper and Joseph +.
Tack. lie says that Senator smith
brought injunction proceedings against
him in the Circuit Court anil gave bonds
for the costs Of the case. and that though
the Circuit Court sustained Smith. he
tRoberison) prosecuted the mstier ia
the Supreme Court and that honorable
body dissolved the injunction, reversing
the decision Of Judge Ayers
This Mr.. Robertson evidently con-
sirues AZ a victory FOR himself. and al
leges that his costs. iuclnding hotel bills,
attorneys fees and travelling expenses,
were more than 81. 500 and that he was
Otherwise greatly damaged tie sues for
e3,000.-Ind- Sentinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15
WORKING CLASSES A! 4! /: 1! \.

classes with employment at home. the whole o. the
time. for their spare moments Business lght
and profitable Persons 81 either easily earn from
80 cents 20 $50 per evening and proportional sum
BY dcvotng al their time 10 the business. Doyr and
girls earn nearly much ms.. That all who this
may send their addsess. and te the business. make
this ofcr. TO sue1 are not well satisfied We will
send one dollar t0Jhy for the trouble Of writing Full
particulars and outfit free. Address GroRax sv'SsoS
i Co., Portland. Maine. 70.y
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
RESCiNDING A CONTRACT.
Convicts on tae BIackv;lle and New
berry Railroad Recalled by the Pen
itentiary Authorities.

AUGUSTA, August ga merchant Of
Blackville, who is interested IN the
Blackville and Newberry Railroad, was
in the city to-day, and had something to
say about that railroad. He said that
the Information was received in Black
Vile Yesterday that the contract for con-
yict labor on the road had been re-
scinded by the superintendent Of the
Penitcntiary, and that in a day or two
all the convicts would be recalled from
under the present Blackville and New
berry Railroad management. 1t was
said that ten days notice to this
effect was served upon the lesSees OF
the road to-day week ago.
One OF the directors OF the road is re-
ported as having said that this rescislon
of the contract would operate very
ayersely on the lessees, and particularly
at this time of year when free labor
would be difficult tc obtain, owing to
the engagements OF Il great majority ot
the free laborers in the cotton fields.
The merchant referred 10 also stated
that there might possibly be {; resis-
tance on the part of the lessees
to the order of the superinten-
dent of the Penitentiary OH legal
grounds, all of which would, however,
depend on the terms of the contract.
1t is also reported that the convicts now
at work on the Biackville and New
berry Railroad have been released to
railroad concern in Columbia.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
The Chinch Bug in Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. 3o.-The
Secretary OF the State Board Of Agri.
culture is in receipt Of very discour'
aging reports from Prof. Forbes, the
State Etymologist, in reference 10
the very general distribution of
chiuch bugs throughout the Stase.
The professor has made very tho
rough inves ;gation concerning the
location and extent of The presence
of this pest, and his conclusions are
briefly summed up as follows:
1T is very destructive in thirty
counties, occurs in large numbers IN
sixteen others, in moderate numbers
in seventeen, and in numbers not es'
pecially injurious, but sufficient to
threaten harm another year, in twenty
five, while from thirteen counties it is
reported as practically absent. AS
the weather conditions throughout
the greater part of the State have
thus far been peculiarly favorable to
it's multiplication, people will be able
to estimate the gravity Of the danger
threatened to the agriculture of the
State"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
Narrow Escape Of a Train.

BLAcKvILLE, August 30.-A timber
cart belonging to DR.. Lartigue, loaded
with heavy saw-log, was smashed to
pieces at the Walker street crossing in
this place by the mail train from Au-
gusta this morning. The driver at
tempted to drive across the track about
five minutes before the train was due,
but the crossing was nearly blocked up
BY freight cars on the siding. and when
the cart struck the rails the team could
not pull it across. The driver, finding
that he could never 60 forward, tried to
back off. After working until the train
came laundering in sight, he cut the
horses out and saved them. The en-
ginecr, as soon as he saw the obstrur-
ton put on the brakes, reversed his Ell
CINE, and when he saw that he could not
stop before he struck the cart, he and
his tiremen and many of the male pas
sengers leaped off. AS the log was
swung up and not resting on the rails it
yielded the lock to the pilot and swung
around off the track, smashing the cart
to pieces, but doing no particular dam
age otherwise. 1t looked at the time as
if a fearful disaster was inevitable, but
fortunately 10 further damage was done.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
She Was Poisoned by Mans Bite.
Ne,o York Times.

Louis II. Millbrook, a grocer Of No. 81
Tenth avenue, was complainant
against Charles Possehl, age 80, an oil
retiner, of the same address, at Jeffer
son Market police court yesterday. On
August II, during an alteration H.
Miilbrook's store, PosSehl bit the right
hand of Mrs. Jane Millbrook, the wife of
the grocer. 1t is believed that blood
poisoning has set in. and the hand and
arm are swollen and painful. She has
been confined to her bed, and is lying
at present dangerously i'll and unable to
appear in court. DR.. McNeilly, ofNo. 3)9
Nineteenth street, her physician regards
her condition as critical. Possehl ac-
cused Millbrook of assaulting him, bnt
the latter proved conclusively that lie
merely defended his wife. As Po>sehl
was biting tine woman's hand at the
time, and IT required two more men to
tear him away, Justice Duffy held that
Millbrook was justified. and discharged
him. PoSsehl was committed to prison
without bail to await examination.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
RESPONSIBILITY OF RAIL
ROADS.
Laws for the Protection OF Pas
SenSerS.

WASHINGTON, August Ex-senator
Butler, of South Carolina, is here for
few days. He is still an admirer of
President Cleveland, and spent over an
hour at the White House to-day. He
thinks both Cleveland and Blaine will
be renom;nated and Cleveland will be
reelected. Senator Butler intends to
offer an amendment to the Interstate
commerce bill, for the protection of
railroad travellers. In an interview to-
day he said there were several causes for
the recent railroad accidents.
SIN the first place. he remarked,
"there is too much REQ tape in the So
called system Management. The respon-
Sible management is too far removed
from the operations, and have not snffi-
cient familiarity with the employees or
conditions. In the second place, the
railroad companies, many of them,
work their employees to death on mad
eGuate pay. Some plan ought to be
-Geyised which would prevent any COM
pany from working its employees more
than twelve hours conSecutively. Some
OF them l learn run the engineers, fire.
men and conductors sixteen or seven
teen hours consecutively without inter
mission for resting. Human nature
can't stand it. The result is the poor
man goes to sleep on duty, and when an
accident occurs is made the Sc&pegoat.
1t is inhuman and wrong, and the rail-
road authorities ought to be held to
Stricter accountability"
what remedy would you suggest 90
II have not thought Of one. I op-
posed and voted againt the Interstate
commerce bill, because among other
reasons thought. aud still think, Con-
greSs has no jurisdiction. But if we are
to have the law it might as well be made
useful and of some benefit, and am
not sure ii an amendment to that law
might not be framed which would ac-
compliSh great good by simply making
it penal offence for any railroad COM
pany to require more than ten or twelve
hours consecutive work from anv en-
ployees engaged in running trains. Too
many lives are at stake to allow such
parSimoniouSnesS towards those opera
tives who have their lives in their keep
ing. Of course abroad accidents are
unavoidable in many cases.
Senator Butler was very emphatic in
the opinion that the Interstate law
should be so amended as to protect the
travelling public against the reckless
and careless management Of the rail-
roads. The Goyernmet," he said, reg
illateS steamboat travel, prescribing
how many passengers vessel may carry
and other regulations, and as long as We
have the Interstate law we might as
well make it protect the passengers OF
railroads."
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01

Col. Edwards in his speech last
Thursday defined ths farmers move
ment to mean the betterment of the
farmer, to incite him to take q greater
interest and more pride in his pro.
.fession and to make better citizen
of him, to educate him and uplift him
in every legitimate way.
This certainly, with such lofty
aims as here described, is a good
movement, and worked with that end
in view, is certainly good thing. .
Col. Edwards thinks that one way
to do this, and to accomplish the de-
sired end is the establishment Of an
agricultural college.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
Beporred Race War in Arkansas.
Little Rock ,SpeciaL of F11dau.

LltttS hOCh tCpeCtNG ~ ETtUttY'
The most intense excitement prevails
ia Lonoke County over the war between
the whites and blacks, which from pres
ent appearances will not subside until
the State militia is sent there. Yester-
day morning Clarence Chapman, large
plantations owner, was shot dead by a
party of his black cotton pickers, be-
cause he would not give them double
pay for last weeks work. Twas very
rainy last week, but Chapman insisted
on adhering to his contract. His wife
and mother, who rushed to the scene
of the tragedy, were then riddled with
bullets. Several whites, who live in the
neighborhood, heard of the shooting,
armed themselves and started out to in
vestigate. When near Chapman's house,
they were halted by party of negroes,
who opened fire upon them. Three of
the whites were shot, two fatally, and
the other badly. Four of the negroes
were shot down. In the afternoon a
large party of whites succeeded in ar
resting aH.ut dozen negroes and lodg-
ing them in Jail at Clear Lake. A con-
stantly increasing crowd OF blacks were
coming into Clear Lake during the
evening with the avowed purpose to
rescue the prisoners during the r:ght
The whites were determined to resist
the attempt and tied the prisorars to
posts in the Jail yard, where they would
be under cover of the rifles of the whites,
who were stationed in the surrounding
houses. The report was current last
night that convict farm near Clay
Lake had been attacked by the blacks,
who murdered Lessee Williams and the
prisoners. The Chapman farm build
ings as we'll as those of several others Of
the whites We're burned last night. She
riff Hicky has been notified and is on
his way to the scene of disturbance with
q strong posse.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
A Threatened Exodus to Alaska.
GloGe-Dem0crdt.

ELPAso, TEXAS, August 22.-Scat-
tering parties of travellers bound for
Alaska continue to pass through Ell Paso,
and report that big exodus will shortly
take place to that territory from Illinois.
Missouri and Texas. Th" principal por-
ton of the emigration seems to be
directed TO Juneau and the country
adjacent, where numbering, fishing and
grazing interests Sem to be very promis-
ing. 4 small portion Of the emigration
are bound for the Yukon River land its
gold placers, which seem to be an estab-
lished fact, although for the lack OF con-
centrated cooperation there has been so
far not an eminent degree Of success. 4
number of settlers from western Texas
who were broken up By last years dronth
are making arrangements 20 to Juneau,
and as they lnai;lv aim to go to a
country where there is no lack of rain,
their ambition is likely to be gratitied,
for statistics show that the average
annual rainfall at Juneau is greater than
anywhere else in the United States.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01

Messrs. Leitch and Marshall as
stated last week, are conducting q
series of meetings at Chappells.
Large numbers attend these meetings
and good results saem to be accom-.
plished. Some forty-three persons
have joined the church, and the whole
congregation goes up for prayer.
Whether these results will be last
ing or whether all this is the result of
the excitement and emotional, it is
not for US to say, but certainly it
does seem that his preaching in Chap.
pells is accomplishing good, and that
there is power in his sermons to reach
the sinner.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
Wade Hampton Taken for Bear.
From the Richmond State.

Governor Lee said to-day, when asked
about the hunting and fishing at Dag
gers Springs, that it was very good, and
then told how on one occasion he was
up III the mountains with a party, Gen.
Wade Hampton being one, looking after
deer. 'We We're all dressed" said he.
sin the rough fantastic hunting cos
tunes of the period. No deer was seen,
but by the stand occupied by one OF the
party there passed eighteen beautiful
bare-footed mountain girls picking whor-
tleberries. The hunter saw them, and
was about to invite them to take seat
on his stand when they caught sight OF
him. Whereupon the leading beauty
exclaimed: Great Jimmy, gals, there's
a BEAR and throwing down their buck
cts they broke through the bushes down
the mountains like deers, and just about
as wild"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
SEISMIC SENSATIONS
Three Distinct Tre,nors Felt iu Orange
burg-One Saturday Morning and
Two on Sunday, Afternoon and
Night.

ouake shock was felt here last night at
ll.O5. 1t was accompanied by the usual
rumbling noise, which " as quite lengthy
and loud. The shock was generally felt
Some people experienced slight shock
Sunday afternoon. The Saturday morn
ing's shock was felt here, though quite
lightly.
COLUMBIA FEELS THE FULL FORCE OF
THE SHOCK.
COLUMBIA, August 49,. Columbia
must have gotten the full benefit of the
earthquake last night. Augusta reports
the quake at 1870, but it was felt here
at 1857 and was much heavier than the
shock OF Saturday morning. Houses
shook and windows ratified to decided
degree. The trembling lasted about ten
seconds.
THE SHOCK IN SUMTER.
SUMTER, August pa pronounced
earthquake shock was felt here last
night about quarter OF II O'Clock. The
rumbling sound was particularly heavy
and the tremor very perceptible.
A SMALL SHAKE AT CAMDEN.
CAMDEN, August ga loud roar
with small shake was experienced here
last night about II O'Clock. To-day is
not so cloudy, but still cool.
THE CITY OF MEXICO IN CULVER.
CITY OF MEXICO VIA GALVESTON,
August ga brisk earthquake shock
was experienced here about 7 O'Clock
this morning, agitatiug houses and max
ing the people dizzy. In some places
people ram out OF their houses and fell
on their knees praying. The shock was
not severe and was most felt in the out
living portions of the city. Mr.. Thomas
3. Connery. Secretary of the United
States Legation, heard the shock at 6.45
O'Clock, and about the same time 1t was
felt severely at Castle Chapultepec,
where President Diaz and his family are
residing. Early morning riserS on the
Plaza de ia Reform noted the shock as
lasting some thirty seconds. Friends Of
Zun "a, who predicted the shock for the
10th of this month, now claim that their
prophet was not. altogether destitute OF
knowledge of the coming earthquake.
The weather is warm and very humid.
ELSEWHERE IN MEXICO.
CITY OF MEXICO VIA GALVESTON,
August 29.-The direction OF the earth
ouak ke felt here was from north to south
and its duration was eight seconds. In
the capital of the State OF Guerro two
arches of the Arcade in the main square
we're thrown down. The duration of the
shock there was fifteen seconds and its
direction was from north to south.
Earthquake shocks were felt at Orizaba,
Tlapa, and Otumba at O'Clock.
FELT IN CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, S. c., August2.-Some
alaHh was caused here by the shock at
five O'Clock this evening. Very few pee
pie felt it, but there was certainly a
shake, which was severer at Summerville
and Columbia than it was in Charleston
The alarm was not caused by the violence
of the shake, but by the strange coinci'
dence that it occurred precisely on the
same day and on the same hour that the
preliminary shake which preceded the
disastrous earthquake of August 81 last
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
MINIMUM SIZE OF A BALE.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Fixes the Limit at Three Hundred
Pounds.

NEW ORLEANS, La, August 20
Southern newspapers have recently STA
ted that the new regulation of the Cot
ton Exchange of this city gave notice
that after September l cotton buyers in
all interior towns would deduct from
bales weighing under 400 pounds / cent
per pound, aud from bales weighing un-
der $50 pounds cent per pound. re-
jecting all bales under 300 pounds. Su-
perintendent Powers, Of the Exchange,
this afternoon said that the two first
statements were unfounded, but the
thirt! was correct. No merchant can
be compelled to take bale weighing
less than 800 pounds.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
LADEN WITH TEA.
Arrival of a Vessel with Over Thr Q
Thousand Tons.

TACOMA, W. T., August 29.-The
ship Ropes, 4,2OO tons bur.
then. the largest ship that ever sailed
into Puget sound, arrivedio Tacoma
yesterday, being 20 days from 1oko.
homa, with 3,71l tons of tea and
other merchandise for Chicago, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia merchants.
The ship Alexander Gibson is due
in a few days from the same port.
The arrival of the Ropes is the be-
ginning Of direct trade between lo'
kohoma and this port. The cargo
goes eastward by 1SO cars of the
Northern Pacific railroad. The vslue
of the cargo of the ship is ST, 100000.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
Sound Lpga! 0piniOl.

E. Bainbridge Mnnday. Esq, County Atty.
Bitiers with most happy rrsu!ts. Ny brother
YIso was very low with Malarial Fever anil
.Jaundice, bat was cured by timely use ofth's
medicine. Am satisfied Electric Bittcrs
saved his life"
NJ. -. L. Wilcox. Of Horse Cave. Ky, ADDS
a like testimony, saying: he positively DC
liey.d he would have uied, had it not been
for Electric Ei'ters.
This great remedy viii ward off as we'll as
cure all Malaria Diseases. and for all Kidney
Liver and Stomach Disorders stands un.
equaled. Price SOC. and s.. at Cnfield s
T
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
MIR RANDALL ON THE GROUND.
The Pennsylvania Democratic Con-
yentIOn-An Interesting Fight.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Aug. 30:-It appears
likely that the Democratic State Conven-
ton will meet tomorrow at noon, With a
definite settlement of the vexed question
whether Mr.. Randall will be able to con-
troll it's deliberations aud adopt as palsy
declaration on the tariff the resolutions
adopted by the Chicago National Con-
vention IN le''l, OF whether Congressman
Scott and Mr.. Singerly, of the Philadel-
phia Record, will be able to commit the
party to the more pronounced utterance
of President Cleveland in favor of refolm
OF the tariff. All other issues have been
for the moment cast aside while the battle
royal upon this question has been waged
by leaders and delegates.
Mr. Randall was early on the ground
and this morniug took posse csion ofrooms
at the Hotel Allen.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01

Petitions have been circulated in
Columbia and other places asking for
the removal of Col. G. R. Talcot
from the office of General Superin-
tendent of the C. & 6. R. R., and
the G.. C. & A. R. r. 1t is rather a
novel proceeding, and the charge is
a heavy one. It is claimed that his
occupancy Of his present Office is
detrimental to the interests of the
railroads and the business of the
towns through which his roads pass.
We suppose the charge will be inves-
tigated.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
THE HEwBERRY HERALD AND NEWS SEPTEMBER 1887
Gold in Our Fields.

When we consider the health to, be
better than wealth, then must We con-
slider the old field mullen better than
gold-at least the medical world so rec
Ognize it. and attests its merits over cod
liz er oil for lnng troubles. Made in a
tea and combined with sweet gum it pre-
sents in Taylor's Cherokee Remedy OF
Sweet Gum and Mullen pleasant and
effective cure for Group, whooping cough
colds and consumption.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
Newberry College.

Next Session Monday October 3D.
and will continue till 81 Monday OF
preparatory Department-Tuition per-
,nouth-Junior Glass $3.50; Middle Class
$500; Senior Glass s4.5o. -, :. -S:s
: Collegiate Department-Tult'on per
term $500.
Sons of Clergymen at halt rates..
Board $1,000 per month. From Monday
to Friday $500.
Expeuse of student rooming in Coli
leop. for board, room, fuel. and wash
in9 ali so to s12.0G per month.
inquire of the President.
e-aIt REV. G. W. HOLLAND.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
Lest and Stolen.

All persons are hereby warned not to
purchase or trade for, in any way, the
following sealed notes, as the same are
the notes stolen from me at Chappells
on 1st day OF August when the depot Office
was broken iao at that place.
Sealed note for Forty Dollars. dated
July 6, 1886. Signed by w. R. Smith.
; Sealed note for Two Hundred Dollars,
dated February Is, 1887. Signed by j..
B. Boazman and j. r. Irwin.
Sealed note for One Hundred and
Fifty Dollars. dated February 19, 1887.
Signed by J. R. Irwin and S. c. Irwin.
Sealed note for Fifty Dollars. dated
April l, 1887. Signed by J. r. Irwin.
One note for Thirty Dollars. dated
May 10, 1887. Signed by j. R. Scurry.
The above notes are drawn payable to
the undersigned
3. F. SWITTENBERG,
Gilt. Chappells, S. c.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
ANOTHER BURNING BRIDGE.
Train Men Badly Injured--A
Brave Engineer Escapes Unhurt.

CAMBRIDGE, o., August 29.-This
morning as freight train Oh the Cleve-
land and Marietta Railroad neared Old
hams trestle, four miles north Of Cam
bridge. the bridge was seen to be on
fire. The engineer called for brakes,
but as the train men thought it was too
late to save the train, several of them
jumped off. Fireman VIM. Adams had
his leg broken and was otherwise hurt.
He may die. The other jumping train
men were severely injured. The en-
gine and all the train except three
cars passed over the trestle, sixty feet
of which fell with the last three cars,
dropping them forty-seven feet.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
Free Scholarship.

S~aled applications for the free schol-
arship in Newberry College will be re-
ceived by the undersigned from sons Of
members of Luther Chapel Evangelical
Lutheran Congregation, or from parents
in behalf of their sons, until September
10Th, 1887, at which time a Joint meeting
of the Council and the Diaconare will be
held to award the scholarship. Both
PARENTS md applicants must be without
necessary means TO pay tuition fee in
said college.
By order President OF Congregation.
WI. P. HOUSEAL,
Gilt. Secretary.